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Killing a process that is bound to a port, to free it
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kill-process-bound-to-port.sh
# Find the process using the port (replace 3000 with your port)
lsof -ti:3000 | xargs kill -9
Or step by step:
# Find what's using the port
lsof -i:3000
# Kill by PID (replace 1234 with actual PID)
kill -9 1234
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